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J. G. JONES.

MACHINE FOR PUTTINGTOPS AND BOT-TOMS 0N CANS.

Patented Feb. 6.- 1883.

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J. G. JONES.

' MACHINE FOR PUTTING TOPS. AND BOTTOMS ON CANS.

Patented 'Feb. 6, 1883.

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UNITED STATES PATENT FFICE.-

JAooB e. JONES, or BALTIMORE, MARYLAND, AssieNoa or ONE-HALF Ero HORACE K. THURBER, on NEW YORK, N. Y.

MACHINE FOR PUTTING TOPS AND BOTTOMS ONQCANS.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 271,860, dated February 6, 1883.

Application filed December 7, 188:2. (No model.)

Toall whom itmay concern: I Two vertical guides, F, are employed, be-

Be it known that 1,JAGOB G. JONES, a cititween which the arm Djmoves up and down. zen of the United States of America, residing These guides may be of any desired construcat Baltimore, and State of Maryland, have intwo. In the present instance they consist vented certain new and useful Improvements simply of an extension of the front legs above in a Machine for Putting Tops and Bottoms the bed. A treadle, G, below the bed, is conon Cans, of which the following is a specifica nected with the arm by means of a rigid rod, tion, reference being bad therein to the accom- G, and aspring, D, attached to the treadle and panying drawings. A bed, serves, by lifting on the treadle, to keep 1o Myinvention relates to animproved machine the bumper-arm normally in an elevated posifor putting tops and bottoms on cylindric cantion. Itwill be manifest that the spring might bodies. It may be called a can-body tuckbe dispensed with and a cord and pulley and ing and heading machine. weight substituted to effect the same end.

In the drawings hereto annexed,Figure 1 is A combined canhead holder and body 5 a front elevation of the machine. Fig. 2 is a tucker or guide consists of a ring divided dia- 6 top or plan view. Fig. 3 is a side elevation. metrically in twoparts, I l. The inner di- Fig.4 isadiametrical sectionof-the topbumper. mension of the ring must correspond with the Fig. 5 is a section of the can-body tucker or outer dimension of the cylindric can body. 7 guide. Fig. 6 is a plan view of the same. Fig. Theinner side of the ring is flaring or beveled,

2o 7 shows views of the sliding block. Fig.8 is 'as shown at f, in order to serve as a tucker a cross-section of the slot or groove in which or guide for the end of the can-body and to V the block slides. slightly contract the said end. Just below the This machine isdesigned for facilitating the flared or beveled part the ring is provided putting of heads on the bodies of cans of that with an annular recess, 9, which receives the 25 class whereof the heads, (or, as they are comflange of the can-head. The one half, I, of the monly designated, the tops and bottomsj) ring is permanently fixed or secured to the have flanges which fit around the outside of bed, while the other half, I, is adapted to be the body. A can of this description is shown moved away'from the fixed half. This is efin Fig. 3, A designating the body, and b the fected by means of an arm, h. pivoted to the 0 head-flange which surrounds the body. bed at h. Themovable half 1 ot' the ring is The letter B designates the bed, andC the attached to one end of this arm, and to the legs which supportit. In the present instances other end. a rod or link, K, isjointed at it, three legs are employed, and each one is exand serves to operate the pivoted arm. The

tendedabovethe bed toservespecialpurposes; other end of the rod or link is pivoted to a 5 but this construction is not essential. block,j, by apin or bolt, j, and the said block A standard, 0, extends above the bed at is adapted to slide back and forth in a straight the rear side, and an arm, D, is jointed at c to slot or groove, 1, whichextends obliquely. the top of the standard, and has vertical move- While this oblique position has advantages, it ment. The end of this arm carries a bumper, is not essential. It will be seen that when the 40 E, which is a circular head having a flaring block end of the rod or link is moved in one flange, d. The diameter of the head inside of direction along the groove the pivoted arm I). the flange should be of size to easily take in is turnedso as to swing the movable half of the top or bottom of a can, and the inner side the ring open, thus permitting a can-head to of the flange is slightly flaring in order that be placed in position within the ring, and

5 if the can should not set perfectly true under when the rod or link is moved in the opposite 9 5 the bumper the latter will nevertheless readdirection along the groove the eifect is to close ilycome down over the top. The bumper may the ring and clamp or hold the can-head. be secured to the end of the arm in any suit- When the ring is closed the link K has such able manner. In the present instance a bolt, position withrespect to the arm-pivot h that 50 e, is employed. the pivots h, k, and j are disposed in the I form of an acute angle, and when occupying this position the link constitutes a brace, which will hold the movable half of the ring, when closed, rigidly to its position. It is found that rosin flux left on the can-body side seam "Scales otf and drops on the bed. To prevent this rosin from hindering the movement of the arm 1 which carries the part I of the ring a side opening, n, is formed at the ring, and below the arm, so that when the arm and half-ring move the rosin 'on thetable will notbe scraped thereby. This opening is formed by a boss at the pivot-hole h, which raises the arm, and by an upward-projecting head or rail, n, on the top of bed, upon which head the end of the arm slides.

Means to open and close the ring are provided. The device to open it consists of a bell-crank lever, m, a treadle, N, and a cord, p, one end ofwhich is attached to the blockj, and passes over the bell-crank, and the other end to the treadle. The device to close the ring consists of a spiral spring, q, one end of which is attached to the block j and the other end is made fast to the bed. By depressing the treadle N the rod K will be moved one way and the ring will be opened, and upon removal of the foot from the treadle the spring q will draw the block end of the rod the other way, thereby closing the ring.

The blockj may be constructed in any suitable'manner which will retain it to its position in the groove as it slides. In the present instance one side of the groove Z has a flange, 1', and a groove, 8, under the flange, and the block j has a lateral projection, j which occupies the said groove 8. This arrangement serves the desired purpose of retaining the block.

An important feature consists of the openings t through the bed,arranged to come within the fixed portion of the ring. These openings are to serve as clearance-outlets for the rosin which scales off from the side seam of the can-body, and which without the openings accumulates within the ring to such an extent as to renderthe device practically inoperative. To make the openings most effectual, asecond groove or recess, u, is made on the inner side of the fixed part of the ring, and this recess is of less height than the groove or recess g, and is formed within the annular one by cutting the latter recess deeper, as shown in Fig. 5. The rosin-escape openings t intersect the second or lower recess. By this arrangement the rosin will by the can-heads be brushed or pushed over toward and into the recess to, thereby keeping the upper recess, 9, for the can-head flange clear, and then the rosin esca es from said recess a through openings it.

Instead of these openings havinga downward direction through thebed, they may be formed through the side of the ring and intersect the groove u, so that the rosin will pass sidewise,

similar to the opening a on the movable half of the ring.

To operate the machine, by means of the foot depress the treadle N, which opens the cancally rises, when, by again depressing the treadle N, the ring I I is opened and the can removed with the one head on; This operation is now repeated with the can-body in reversed position to have a headputon the other end.

Having described myinvention, I claim and desire to secure by Letters Patent ofthe United States- 1. In a machine for putting heads on canbodies, a half-ring fixed rigidly to the bed, a half-ring adapted to move to and from the rigidly-fixed half, and a bumper provided with aflaringfiange and having vertical movement, as set forth.

2. Ina machine for putting heads on canbodies, the link K, having one end jointed to the movable part of the head-holding ring andthe other end pivoted to the sliding block j, whereby, when the ring is closed, the link may take a position which will, constitute a brace to hold the ring closed, as set forth.

3. Ina machine for putting heads on canbodies, the combination, with the two-part head-holder and body-tucker, of the link K, jointed to the movable part of said holder and tucker, a groove, 1, along which one end of the link moves, means, substantially as described, to move said end of the link in one direction and means to draw or return it in the other direction, as set forth.

4. In a machine for putting heads on can bodies, a head-holder and body-tucker consisting of a tw'o=part ring having outlets for the clearance or escape of rosin, as set forth.

5. In a machine for putting heads on canbodies, a two-part ring having an internal annular groove for the head-flange, a second groove, to, formed within the annular groove, and openings which intersect the second groove for the escape of rosin, as set forth.

In testimony whereof I aflix my signature, in presence of two witnesses, this 2nd day of December, I882.

JACOB G. JONES.

Witnesses:

JOHN E. MORRIS, JNO. T. MADDOX. 

